ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from September 2005

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IN BEIJING VICE PRESIDENT JUSUF KALLA EXPLAINS CABINET RESHUFFLE.
September 1, 2005... Beijing, Aug 31 (ANTARA) -Vice President Jusuf Kalla tried to make it clear that a cabinet reshuffle is a prerogative right of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in judging whether a minister has been working well nor not. The vice president...

HEADLINES FROM MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2005.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Thursday September 1, 2005. Bisnis Indonesia ECONOMIC PACKAGE REMAIN UNCLEAR President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced at last a package of economic...

VP CUTS STATE VISIT TO CHINA DUE TO AILING RUPIAH.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) Vice President Jusuf Kalla arrived here Thursday from a shortened overseas travel following the rupiah's slide to a four-year low. ANTARA reported Kalla arrived at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport at 7:10 a.m. after...

UNICEF PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO UPGRADE RURAL MIDWIVES' CAPABILITIES IN NAD.
September 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Childrens' Education Fund (Unicef) recently presented the provincial health office with a package of medical equipment for use by 3,400 rural midwives in caring for new-born infants and expecting...

BANTEN NAVAL BASE OFFICIALS DETAIN HIJACKED BOATS.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) Officials of the naval base in Banten caught a tug boat and a barge which were hijacked in Riau islands' waters more than two years ago, an official said here Thursday. The two boats namely Voyager I and Newland 1...

OIL-GAS SPENDINGS IN FIRST SEMESTER OF 2005 REACH US$5.5 BILLION.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - The Executing Agency for Upstream Oil and Gas Activities (BP Migas) said here on Thursday that oil investors had spent some US$5.5 billion for financing their oil investment activities in the first semester of 2005. ...

GAM MEMBERS INVOLVED IN PIRACIES IN MALACCA STRAIT, MILY SPOKESMAN.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - A group of armed civilians, believed to be of GAM, have been found committing piracies and abductions in the Malacca Strait, the Military Security Restoration Command's Task Force Spokesman Lt. Col. CAJ Erie Sutika...

GOVT'S ECONOMIC POLICIES NOT TO IMPACT ON MARKET IMMEDIATELY: PRESIDENT.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Thursday the four economic policies he had announced on Wednesday would not immediately have the desired impact on the market. "The market is dynamic, surely the policies...

POLICE ARREST PERTAMINA EMPLOYEES, SINGAPOREAN FOR FUEL OIL SMUGGLING.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian police have arrested seven state oil and gas company Pertamina officers and a Singaporean national for alleged involvement in fuel oil smuggling, a spokesman said. National Police Chief Gen Sutanto said...

DEMOCRATS' PARTY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC POLICIES.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The Democrats' Party has expressed its full support for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's macro economic policies in the energy, monetary, fiscal and investment fields. Max Sopacua, the party's spokesman, said...

MINISTRY TO INCREASE COMMUTER TRAINS BETWEEN JAKARTA, SURROUNDING TOWNS.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The number of commuter train services between Jakarta and towns in its environs such as Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi, will be increased, Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa said here Thursday. "The short-term...

HELICOPTER WITH POLICE OFFICERS REPORTED MISSING IN W SUMATRA.
September 1, 2005... Padang, W Java, Sept (ANTARA) - A police helicopter with a number of police officers and two crew members aboard was reported missing during its flight in South Solok district, West Sumatra, at 14 p.m on Thursday. South Solok Police chief...

ASEAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN AMM TO BALANCE EU, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hasan Wirajuda said here Thursday ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) troops could serve as a balance to the European Union (EU) troops in the Aceh Mnitoring Mission (AMM) as the...

DEMOCRATS' PARTY DOESN'T WANT PRESIDENT TO BE MADE SCAPEGOAT.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The Democrats' Party (PD) said on Thursday it does not want President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is the party's adviser to be made a scapegoat for the country's current monetary difficulties. "We don't want...

HALF OF RI'S FORESTS DAMAGED, SAYS MINISTER.
September 1, 2005... Semarang, C. Java, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - Almost half or 59 million of Indonesia's 120 million hectares of forest are in damaged condition with degradation occurring at a rate of 2.8 million hectares per year, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said. "The...

POLICE HELICOPTER REPORTED MISSING IN W SUMATRA.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - A helicopter owned by the police on Thursday afternoon at about 15:40 local time was reported to have gone missing in the South Solok area while it was on its way to Padang after a flight to the location of suspected...

PRESIDENT HOPES SIGNING OF SWAP ARRANGEMENT WITH CHINA BE EXPEDITED.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono hoped that Indonesia and China could soon sign the bilateral swap arrangement, while Bank Indonesia projected that agreement should have been signed not later than October 2005. ...

ECONOMIC TEAM'S PERFORMANCE "NOT GOOD", SAYS DEMOCRATS' PARTY.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 9 (ANTARA) - Associate chairman of the Democrats' Party (PD) Agus Hermanto said the peformance of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's economic team was "not good" but a cabinet reshuffle was not necessary. "PD supports...

HOUSE APPROVES HIGHER BUDGET FOR POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATION.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR)'s commission V has approved the State Ministry for Communication and Information's proposal to increase the Directorate General for Posts and Telecommunication's 2006 budget from...

CENTRAL JAKARTA AUTHORITIES TO CONDUCT SWEEPING OF FOREIGNERS.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA)- Central Jakarta City authorities are to codnuct a sweeping operation on foreign nationals, a spokesman said here Thursday. The sweeping operation is meant to anticipate the possible infiltration of the foreign...

RI EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER DEATH OF 800 IRAQI PEOPLE IN STAMPEDE.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The government of Indonesia expressed condolences over the tradegy which had killed at least 800 Iraqi people in a stempede on Wednesday on the Al-Aaimah bridge. Nearly 800 Iraqi shi'ites, mostly children and...

KPK TO PROBE STATEMENT OF KPU TREASURER ON HAMID'S INVOLVEMENT.
September 1, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The corruption eradication commission (KPK) will immediately follow up on the statement of the treasurer of the general election commission (KPU), Sri Ampini, that Hamid Awalluddin, former KPU member, also received a...

OBSERVING ISRA MI'RAJ THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOUCHES ON RUPIAH AND FUEL OIL.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Merdeka Palace here on Thursday night in his speech to observe the Isra Mi'raj of Muhammad -- the prophet's flight from Mecca to Jerusalem -- also touched on the depreciating...

SE ASIAN WATER FORUM STARTS IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - The 4th Southeast Asian Water Forum held in Nusa Dua, Bali, has started discussing water supply to be used as drinking water, farming purposes, industry, power generation and sanitation. "These are important...

AGAIN BANDA ACEH STRUCK BY TREMOR.
September 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - An earthquake of still unknown magnitude has struck Banda Aceh and environs on Thursday at 11.50 pm West Indonesia Standard Time. The tremor estimated of a magnitude of more than 4 on the Richter scale caused...

INDONESIA'S EXPORTS IN JULY UP BY 3.93 PCT.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's oil and non-oil exports in July 2005 reached US$6.99 billion, or an increase by 3.93 percent compared with the previous month's US$6.73 billion, Choiril Maksum, head of the Central Bureau of Statictics,...

GUS DUR FIRMLY REJECTS RI-GRAM MoU.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 1 (ANTARA) - The national revival and unity movement (GNBB) declared by KH Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) and some other leading figures in Jakarta on Thursday has issued a statement rejecting the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the...

CO-PILOT SURVIVES IN CHOPPER CRASH.
September 2, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Second Inspector Asep, co-pilot of the West Sumatra Police helicopter which reportedly crashed on a forest in West Sumatra on Thursday, was sent to a hospital in Bukit Barisan area here after he turned up at...

QUAKE ROCKS BANDA ACEH AGAIN.
September 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rattled Banda Aceh on Thursday at 11.43 p. M., Banda Aceh meteorological and geophysics agency head Syahnan said here Friday. The quake's epicenter was located 55 km...

NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST AMONG PEOPLE IN MISSING POLICE HELICOPTER.
September 2, 2005... Padang,W Sumatra, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - A reporter of the local "Singgalang" daily , Erman Tasrial, who was on board the police helicopter that reportedly went down in West Sumatra on Thurday, is still mising, a spokesman for the newspaper said. ...

FIRE RAGES DENSE AREA IN C JAKARTA.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - At least 10 small houses were destroyed by fire that engulfed a dense area in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, on Friday. Some nine fire engines were sent to the location to put out the fire which started about 2...

APOSHO TO HOLD CONFAB IN BALI.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - The Asia Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organization (APOSHO) will hold the 21st conference in resort island of Bali on Sept 5-8, an official said. The international gathering will be participated in by...

INCREASED FUEL PRICE THREATENING LIVELIHOOD OF 3.5 MILLION FISHERMEN.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - As many as 3.5 million fishermen in coastal regions in Java and other islands in western and eastern Indonesia may soon no longer be able to earn their living because the government is not seriously helping them solve...

RI, S'PORE TO FINALIZE DRAFT EXTRADITION TREATY IN MID SEPTEMBER.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Singapore on Thursday agreed to finalize the draft of an extradition treaty at a meeting in mid-September, an Indonesian spokesman said here Friday. The agreement was reached in the fourth round of...

RAISING FUEL OIL PRICES TO EASE PRESSURE ON RUPIAH, SAYS VP.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA)- Vice President Yusuf Kalla said Friday raising fuel oil prices again could result in the strengthening of the rupiah against the US dollar because it would enable the government to reduce its increasing fuel oil...

MUHAIMIN ISKANDAR-LED PKB SUPPORTS CABINET RESHUFFLE.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA)- The Muhaimin Iskandar-led National Awakening Party (PKB) supports calls made by certain quarters on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reshuffles his cabinet, especially his economic ministers, a party spokesman...

THREE N SUMATRA VILLAGERS ON HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST VIOLENCE.
September 2, 2005... Medan, N Sumatra, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Three Pematang Lalang villagers in Deli Serdang District, North Sumatra, continued their hunger strike in front of the province's legislative assembly building here Friday. Saiful Amri, Dahrani, and...

CONSULATE CONTINUING TO LOOK OUT FOR RI VICTIMS OF KATRINA.
September 2, 2005... New York, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian consulate general in Houston is continuing to try to find out whether any Indonesians are among the victims of hurricane Katrina following reports that the number of victims could rise to more than a...

INDONESIAN MINISTERS CALL FOR DIRECT JAPANESE INVESTMENT.
September 2, 2005... Osaka, Sept 2 (ANTARA/KYIDO) - Indonesian Cabinet ministers on Friday called on Japanese companies to do business in Indonesia by taking advantage of legal reforms designed to attract direct foreign investments. While foreign companies...

QUAKE JOLTS TARUTUNG IN NORTH SUMATRA.
September 2, 2005... Medan, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale jolted Tarutung town, North Sumatra, on Friday at about 15:00 local time. With the epicenter about 35 km Northwest Tarutung, the quake occurred in the...

TEN KILLED IN PADANG LANDSLIDE.
September 2, 2005... Padang, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - At least 10 residents of Lubuk Begalung sub-district of Padang city, West Sumatra, were reportedly killed in a landslide which occurred at 01:30 local time on Friday. Information obtained by Antara from a local...

EAST JAVA'S TEAM TO FACE JAKARTA IN NATIONAL WOMEN'S VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT 2005.
September 2, 2005... Magetan, E Java, Sep 2 (ANTARA) - Host women's volley ball team of East Java will be facing their Jakarta rivals in this year's Sampoerna Green National Volley Ball Tournament final for the President's Cup after defeating their rivals in the...

VEEP GIVES SIGNAL ON POSSIBLE CABINET RESHUFFLE.
September 2, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Yusuf Kalla has given a signal on a possible cabinet reshuffle which would be realized on the result of an evaluation shows that the ministers, or some of them, failed to live up to their...

EVACUATION OF ILL-FATED CHOPPER VICTIMS HALTED ON ACCOUNT OF THICK CLOUD.
September 2, 2005... Padang, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - A rescue team of the mobile police brigade (Brimob) and air force officials on Friday evening at about 6:10 pm stopped the evacuation of six victims of the ill-fated helicopter exploded on top of Singgiriak hill,...

ECONOMIC TEAM AFTER RESHUFFLE MUST PROMOTE MARKET CONFIDENCE, SAYS ECONOMIC OBSERVER.
September 3, 2005... Semarang,Sep 2 (ANTARA) - The depreciation of the rupiah and the decline of share prices at the Jakarta Stock Exchange coupled with the skyrocketing prices of daily needs would make it possible for the President to conduct a resuffle of the...

FORMER JAKARTA RRI HEAD ANWAR SIREGAR DIES.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 2 (ANTARA) - State Radio Station RRI is in mourning only about one week ahead of its founding anniversary this month with the death of former Jakarta's RRI chief Anwar Siregar on Friday at 4.50 pm at Yarsi Islamic Hospital in...

AKBAR: CABINET RESHUFFLE NEEDED TO CHANGE PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC PLAYERS.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tanjung said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should have the courage to reshuffle his cabinet, if he wishes to have the perception of the public and businessmen...

SOFYAN DJALIL: AFTER PEACE GAM WILL NO LONGER EXIST.
September 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Communication and Information Minister Dr Sofyan A Djalil said that as soon as lasting peace could be materialized in Aceh, there will be no organization like the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). "At present, it is...

SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post SBY'S POLICIES DO LITTLE FOR RUPIAH President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's four-policy package has done little to help defend the...

RI PRESIDENT CONDOLES PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH OVER HURRICANE KATRINA.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sent a condolence letter and expressed his deep sympathy to US President George W Bush regarding the Hurricane Katrina that has killed a few hundreds and possibly...

UN APPRECIATES RI FOR RELEASING GAM PRISONERS.
September 3, 2005... New York, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - The United Nations appreciated the Indonesian government for releasing hundreds of prisoners of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) as part of its commitment to the Memorandum of Understanding on peace in Aceh that it signed...

N SUMATRA STRUCK BY 5.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 2 (ANTARA) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) registered an earthquake in North Sumatera on Friday at 15:04:06 West Indonesia Standard Time (WIB) of a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale with its epicenter 55 kilometers...

RI PROJECTED TO EARN US$5 BILLION FROM PLANTATION PRODUCT EXCPORTS.
September 3, 2005... Denpasar, Bali, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is projected to earn US$5 billion this year from export of plantation products to Europe, Japan and the United States, an agricultture official said. The projected figure is the same as the amount...

THIRTEEN BODIES RECOVERED FROM W SUMATRA LANDSLIDE.
September 3, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 3 (ANTARA)- Rescue workers have so far evacuated the bodies of 13 out 25 victims of Firday's landslide at Pincuran Gadang hamlet, Lubuk Panjang subdistrict, a local military spokesman said on Saturday. The bodies of...

C KALIMANTAN BUILDS 10-TON WATER STORAGES TO ANTICIPATE FOREST FIRES.
September 3, 2005... Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - The Central Kalimantan provincial government has set up a number of water storages with a capacity of 10 tons each in areas prone to forest and bush fires, a spokesman said. Some of the water...

AMM DESIGNATES FOUR ZONES FOR GAM TO SURRENDER WEAPONS.
September 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - The Commission on Security Arrangement (COSA) of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) has designated four safe zones for Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members to surrender their weapons, a spokesman said. The chief of...

RI NAVY TO INSTALL RADARS ALONG MALACCA STRAIT.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy will install radars at nine locations along the Malacca Strait to support security maintenance in the busy shipping lane, a spokesman said here Saturday. "The Indonesian Navy has decided to install...

WALHI TO SUE 10 COMPANIES FOR STARTING FOREST FIRES.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) will file a class-action suit against 10 companies in Riau for allegedly starting forest fires during the month of August, a spokesman said. The suit will be filed...

SOP FOR THAI PARTICIPATION IN MALACCA STRAIT PATROLS BEING PREPARED.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy will soon finish the job of formulating standard operational procedures (SOP) for Thailand's participation in a Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia (Malsindo) scheme to conduct security patrols in the...

RI TO SEND MEDICAL TEAM TO US.
September 3, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will send 40 doctors to help thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina in the United States, a senior minister said. "We are still waiting for the green light from the US government about...

RI 4TH BIGGEST TEXTILE, GARMENT SUPPLIER TO UAE.
September 3, 2005... Sana'a, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia exported US$170.5 million worth of textiles and garments to the United Arab Emirates UAE) last year, becoming the fourth biggest supplier of the commodities to the Middle Eastern country. According to the...

FOURTEEN BODIES EVACUATED FROM PADANG LANDSLIDE.
September 3, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - A total of 14 bodies were evacuated by Saturday evening after a landslide triggered by torrential rain buried eight homes in Padang, West Sumatra, on Friday. Data from the natural disaster mitigation...

LEGISLATOR: GOVT SHOULD NOT BLAME HOUSE.
September 3, 2005... Semarang, C Java, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), Tjahjo Kumolo, said the government should not blame the House for the slow disbursement of state...

SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
September 4, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies. The Jakarta Post DEATH TOLL IN PADANG LANDSLIDE CLIMBS TO 17 Rescuers discovered seven more bodies on Saturday, bringing the confirmed death toll...

BALI'S HANDICRAFT EXPORT TO AFRICA SMOOTHER.
September 4, 2005... Denpasar, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - Bali is enjoying smoother handicraft export to Africa although the amount of the export is still small but it undergoes an increase, Bali's handicraft exporter Nyoman Sudiana said here Sunday. Sudiana...

RESCUERS WORK HARD TO EVACUATE REMAINING TWO BODIES OF CHOPPER CRASH.
September 4, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The rescue team consisting of police and air force personnel as well as local people was still working hard till 8.30 am on Sunday to evacuate the remaining two bodies of a helicopter crash in a protected...

PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT EXPRESS UNCONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT.
September 4, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - Thousands of people from different elements joining the People's Movement for New Indonesia staged a rally at the Hotel Indonesia circle here on Sunday expressed unconfidence in the government. "The unconfidence...

TEXTILE ASSOCIATION CALLS ON GOVT TO SUSPEND GARMENT IMPORTS.
September 4, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Textile Association (API) called on the government to suspend garment imports before the Muslim's post-fasting festivities and Chrismast to help national textile and textile product industries overcome...

MINISTER HASAN WIRAJUDA INAUGURATES 92 HOMES FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS.
September 4, 2005... Blangpidie, Aceh, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasan Wirajuda inaugurated 92 homes, two mosques, two clean water facilities and an elementary school building for tsunami survivors in Alue Rambot village, South West Aceh...

SEVENTEEN BODIES ALREADY EVACUATED FROM PADANG LANDSLIDE.
September 4, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The digging and evacuation of a young boy identified as Sigit (8), on Sunday has brought the number of dead bodies to 17 following a landslide triggered by torrential rains which totally buried eight homes...

ISE 2005 IN BEIJING SECURES TRADES CONTRACT WORTH US$263.89 MILLION.
September 4, 2005... Beijing, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Solo Exhibition 2005 (ISE 2005) held here on August 30 - Sept 3 managed to secure US$263.89 million in trade contracts, a government official said. "This year's Solo exhibition has produced a...

BELIEF THAT THERE IS A PROPHET AFTER MUHAMMAD IS NOT TRUE, SAYS RELIGIOUS MINISTER.
September 4, 2005... Garut, W Java, Sep 4 (ANTARA) - Minister of Religious Affairs Maftuh Basuni said that a belief that there was a prophet after Prophet Muhammad is not true in Islam, and those who followed this belief cannot claim of being Moslems. "The...

NO VIOLENCE AGAINST ACTIVITIES OF ANY RELIGION: PRESIDENT SAYS.
September 4, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on government officials and members of the society not to resort to violence againts religious activities, a press release said. The press release issued by the...

SCORES OF BONDOWOSO BRASS HANDICRAFT GOODS PRODUCERS IN E JAVA ON BRINK OF BANKCRUPTY.
September 4, 2005... Bondowoso, E Java, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The depreciation of the against the US dollar has caused scores of brass handicraft industries in Tapen subdistrict, Wonosobo, East Java, to face bankcruptcy. Yanto, one of the handicrafstmen, said here on...

TWO KILLED IN CIPULARANG TOLL ROAD ACCIDENT.
September 4, 2005... Purwakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - Two people were killed and two others sustained serious injuries when a Daihatsu Espas minivan travelling at high speed on the Cipularang towards Jakarta on Sunday suddenly lost control and plunged into a 15-m...

INDONESIA TO HOLD INT'L CONFERENCE ON SECURITY IN MALACCA STRAIT.
September 4, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will hold an international conference on Sept 7-8, 2005 to discuss the security of the Malacca strait, one of the world's...

ROBBERS KILL POLICEMAN, GET AWAY WITH RP 700 MILLION IN STATE PLANTATION WAGES.
September 5, 2005... Medan, Sep 4 (ANTARA) - Medan police chief Senior Commissioner Irawan Dahlan said his men were still after the robbers who got away with Rp 700 million in wages of the employees of state plantation company PT. Perkebunan II in Tanjung Morawa,...

FIRES IN DEPOK UP BY 10 PERCENT.
September 5, 2005... Depok, Sep 4 (ANTARA) - Fires in Depok City in January through August 2005 have increased by 10 percent to 54 cases, mostly caused by electric short circuits. Head of the Depok city fire service Dindin Djainuddin said here on Sunday that in...

HEADLINES FROM MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2005.
September 5, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - The following are the headlines of some major Indonesian daily newspapers: The Jakarta Post LAW MAKERS ACCUSED OF 'SELLING' RELIEF AID Anton (not his real name) tagged along with his superior, a...

MANDALA AIRLINES' AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN N SUMATRA.
September 5, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA)- Mandala Airlines crashed shortly after taking off from Polonia International Airportd in North Sumatra city of Medan on Monday. The ill-fated passenger aircraft crashed on the residential area in Padang Bulan...

TENS OF CRASHING MANDALA AIRLINES' PASSENGERS DIE.
September 5, 2005... Medan, N Sumatra, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Tens of passengers of Mandala Airlines' aircraft died after crashing shortly after taking off from Polonia International Airportd in North Sumatra city of Medan to Jakarta on Monday. The ill-fated...

N SUMATRA GOVERNOR, FORMER GOVERNOR AMONG CRASHED MANDALA PLANE PASSENGERS.
September 5, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - North Sumatra Governor T Rizal Nurdin and former Norrth Sumatra Governor Raja Inal Siregar were reported to be among the passengers of the Mandala airliner that crashed shortly after take-off from Medan's Polonia...

ALL PASSENGERS OF CRASHED MANDALA PLANE BELIEVED DEAD: MINISTER.
September 5, 2005... Jakarta, Sep 5 (ANTARA) - All the psssengers on the Mandala airliner that crashed in Medan on Monday morning are believed to have died in what is possibly the worst air disaster to have occurred in Indonesia in the past five eyars,...

LIST OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD OF ILL-FATED MANDALA AIRLINES PLANE.
September 5, 2005... Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Following are names of passengers on board of the ill-fated Mandala Airlnes plane that crashed in North Sumatra Monday morning basded on the manifest made available to ANTARA by Mandala Airline company. The...